Chris Chunhttps://www.chrischun.com
Chris Chun, award winning artist and designerSun, 11 Feb 2018 15:26:48 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4Hello Kitty Elephant Paradehttps://www.chrischun.com/hello-kitty-elephant-parade/
https://www.chrischun.com/hello-kitty-elephant-parade/#respondMon, 29 Jan 2018 13:46:06 +0000http://chrischun.netshinefolio.com/?p=1915Elephant Parade recently collaborated with Hello Kitty on a new range of elephant replicas. I thought it might be quite interesting for you to see the process and ‘behind the scenes’ look at the work involved when working with a licensed character who is a global superstar. There are very strict guidelines to follow to…

]]>Elephant Parade recently collaborated with Hello Kitty on a new range of elephant replicas. I thought it might be quite interesting for you to see the process and ‘behind the scenes’ look at the work involved when working with a licensed character who is a global superstar. There are very strict guidelines to follow to ensure that the character and integrity of Hello Kitty is exactly the same whether she is on bags to donuts to watches etc. Did you know that Hello Kitty’s bow is always on her right side?

Here is the initial sketch we created:

Once this is approved, we then created the figurine using 3D printing.

The figurine is made and sent for approval again.

When the pre production samples has been given the go ahead then we can start production.

Here is the finished Hello Kitty Sitting Replica for Elephant Parade.

After the replicas were made, we then proceeded to make a Full Size Elephant of the design.

We had to make everything by hand so getting the proportions right and pose was very challenging

Alot of back and forth with comments from Sanrio – the licensor of Hello Kitty.

And some praying that we got everything exact as possible

The team did a fantastic job in the end and Hello Kitty has been very popular with the selfies

]]>https://www.chrischun.com/hello-kitty-elephant-parade/feed/0Woodblock Printing Workshop with Ralph Kiggellhttps://www.chrischun.com/woodblock-printing-workshop-with-ralph-kiggell/
https://www.chrischun.com/woodblock-printing-workshop-with-ralph-kiggell/#respondMon, 29 Jan 2018 13:40:32 +0000http://chrischun.netshinefolio.com/?p=1908We were delighted to host our first workshop at the studio recently – ‘An introduction to nontoxic Japanese water-based woodblock printing’. This exciting workshop was conducted by Ralph Kiggell, a master woodblock artist and book illustrator who has spent the last 30 years in Asia practicing contemporary and traditional water-based woodblock printing. This workshop was…

]]>We were delighted to host our first workshop at the studio recently – ‘An introduction to nontoxic Japanese water-based woodblock printing’. This exciting workshop was conducted by Ralph Kiggell, a master woodblock artist and book illustrator who has spent the last 30 years in Asia practicing contemporary and traditional water-based woodblock printing.

This workshop was limited to only 6 people so that they could get as much one on one tuition from Ralph as possible.

All participants did 1 black and white print and a coloured print. Ralph bought all his special tools and inks from Japan.

We had a very international group – Deb was visiting from Brazil, Luka from Mongolia and Debra from the Big Apple as well as local residents.

A very successful workshop that proved extremely popular with everyone. So much so, we’re planning another one for this year.